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With the pending release of Ravnica, the rotation of the artifact block from the Standard environment and the upcoming Champs tournaments, Standard decks are on the forefront of our minds. This article is intended to show some of the possible decks in the format to begin to create a test gauntlet for your potential deck choice and to help create sideboards for the decks as strengths and weaknesses can be assessed. With that, all of these decks are not completely tuned at this point as the metagame is not completely developed. This is more my brainstorming for what the shape of Standard could look like.

is a mass removal if options get around your discard. This deck has the ability to be a control deck with its discard and creature control or an aggressive deck with its creature base and Jitte. The issue is going to become the potential speed in the format in the next two decks.

to the mix gives you eight spells to clear the path for your quick creatures. The Swiftblade with the Anthem and Jitte gives double strike a lethal punch. People made the investment into the rare cards for White Weenie during the block season and with the boost that it gets from Ravnica is going to help budget players stay competitive in the next season, so plan on seeing this deck played. Other than the new land, all of the cards from this deck added from the block season will be of the common or uncommon variety, so this is another bonus for the budget player. Also the speed and tempo of this deck are going to be a basis for other decks to compare with.

Mono red is the deck most likely to take advantage of a “Hunted” creature from the new set. With Flying and Haste, you have the advantage in playing the hunted spells with evasion and use it prior to your opponent. With Lava Spike

From the vein of Chevy Blue, this is a tempo deck setting up a lock with the Adept and your bounce. Your finishing cards are two different creatures to ensure that you are nit crushed by a Cranial Extract

) allow you to have a low land count in the deck. Make sure you can protect an Adept, but the sooner it is active, the better. With the high casting costs of decks (not playing red), you should be able to catch the tempo. Also with the reliance of the new and old pain lands, you can really put your opponent in a tough situation with your counters and bouncing their lands. Another bounce spell like Echoing Truth

Gifts Deck:I have not personally played a Gifts Deck, so I am not going to go into a great amount of detail here. There will be Gifts decks played in the format as shown by the last block season. Make sure you do some homework on this type of deck as decisions on the Gifts can make or break you as you contend with this tutoring ability.

Again, this is a deck type that I am not completely familiar with. With Ravnica being an “enchantment” block and the success of this type of deck in Nationals competition, this type of deck will be played. Also you have the Honden deck played in the block season, so a “morph” of the two together could pack a powerful punch. Familiarizing yourself with this type of deck will help you make decisions that can hinder your opponent’s game plan.

Hopefully this helps in the creation of your new standard decks for the upcoming season. Thanks for reading.

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